And in their distraction they go under trams and buses etc. If a person is looking at his handy and approches me (on the sidewalk) without looking up then I make no effort to not walk into that person. And when that happens I say to the person “you are lucky I was not a truck”
Apologies if I am hijacking the topic …
This ‘handy addiction’ has become horrible … The other day, this ‘person’ comes up to the elevator button, presses it, stands right there blocking access and starts to browse on his mobile …
Just today at HB, this oversized person starts to walk right across me (0.5m from me) glued to her phone, then abruptly does a U-Turn with her phone in her hand, trying to take a photo. Of course i bump into her and her phone drops on the ground. I have no sympathy for her nor her phone and keep walking as she shouts after me …
I simply think that etiquette needs to be taught to kids, specially those with handys …
The other day I saw a woman in a giant SUV pull up to a roundabout, stop and although the roundabout was empty, she just sat there scrolling on her phone oblivious to the queue of cars building up behind her.
Today in Migros there was a tall lady actively speaking on the phone via headphones. She was talking very fast and loudly, with lots of emotions and was moving chaotically between the rows picking up fruits and vegetables, dropping them sometimes. It looked very weird.
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I’ve been lost to my thoughts while reading on the phone in the train, only to rise my head and face the Swiss Stare. It’s a bit funny to realize that there’s people more aware about me than being self-aware.
There’s a bit of a backlash against mobile phones starting - One club in Manchester, UK has banned their use and most people attending the club have found the break from their phones pleasant.
Phone users get shown the door.
I notice a lot of dogs aren’t getting a proper walk nowadays - many owners are glued to their phones, dawdling along and stopping every few paces to look at something.
Poor dogs.
Have you ever been on a dog walk? I stand there freezing my arse off while pooch spends an INORDINATE amount of time sniffing 2 or 3 leaves, or pulling all the twiggy bits off a stick. There’s only so much forest view I can take.
Another dog walker put it a good way, telling me that it’s the dogs scrolling their own socials…
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Take away the handy and people go into a crisis. They are thrown back into the emptiness of their minds. Panic stations.
Well, given that most people have banking, public transport tix, numerous log ins for personal and work related functions, not to mention a calendar with appointments on their phone, taking it away from them without warning would probably cause some kind of panic, yes.
Is that an Adidas pool slider? One way of stopping people nicking them from the poolside while you’re having a swim…
I saw that bit of footage this morning, think it was in Australia. She turns the phone round to take a pic of herself, I assume for something like Instagram.
I get really irritated by people with their phones out, last Friday evening we went out to buy a new coat for my OH and had a wander through the Basel Christmas Market up at the Munster. I had a guy walking along in front of me with his phone in the air, the place was packed and he was bumping into people with hot cups of Glühwein. I’ve also never been a fan of social media and lasted on Twitter for about 3 days years ago. My OH left Twitter during the Scottish Independence Referendum in 2014. It was full of Yes campaigners who were being paid by the SNP to insult people who were voting No. One of the worst culprits was actually a guy he worked with in Edinburgh.
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I found that super interesting, boredom here I come!
Well in Australia social media has been banned for under 16 years old kids. Welcome to the new dictatorship!!
Aren’t you the one constantly griping that people are glued to their phones? You should be rejoicing.
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Lots of stuff is banned in lots of countries which is detrimental to childrens’ health and well-being.
Even if the ban is going to be near on impossible to enforce, at least it will get parents (and children) thinking about the problems with social media.
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The problem is the parents themselves.
Yah, it’s all their fault.